Report
of the
PRESIDENT
for the biennium
ending
JUNE 30, 1959
Ball State
Teachers College
BULLETIN
JUNE 30, 1960
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MEMBERS OF THE STATE TEACHE RS
COLLEGE BOARD
INTRODUCTION
A. M. Bracken
President
Muncie
Roberts C. Hill
Vice-President
Bruceville
Dora I. Roach
(Mrs. Carroll E.)
Secretary
New Augusta
Kenneth D. Osborn
Assistant Secretary
La Porte
W illiam E. Wil son
(ex officio)
State Superintendent
of Schools
Indianapolis
John R. Emens
committees
community projects
Burris School
Extended Services
Graduate Program
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Frank B. Bernard
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Special Honors
Convocations
Faculty
assignments
promotions
retirements
deaths
research and writing
Consulting Treasurer
Ball State Teachers College Muncie
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public Relations
news bureau
radio and television
exhibits and displays
President
Ball State Teachers College M uncie
publications
conference center
trc;lffic, safety and security
Development and Alumni Relations
Ball Sta~e Teachers College Bulletin published quarterly by Ball State Teachers College,
Muncie, Indiana. Entered as second-class matter December 10, 1932, at the post office
at Muncie, Indiana, under the act of August 24, 1912.
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Placement
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Capital Outlay
Improvements
Auxiliary Projects
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I nternationa I Students
Student Financial Aids
Religious Activities
Counseling and Testing
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Current Operations
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Demolition
Future Projects
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Gifts
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INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
To the STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE BOARD and OTHER FRIENDS of
BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
The margin of difference between an adequate college and an excellent college has motivated the past, present and future strivings of Ball
State Teac~ers College. Administrators, faculty, students and their parents, alumni, the State Teachers College Board and citizens of Indiana
all have participated in the college's quest for excellency.
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.The biennium covering July, . 1957, through June, 1959, is described
this report as a period of "transition" . . . a two-year era of growth
f~o.m "small" to "large". This report does not pretend to cover all the signlfl ant events, de~elop~ents or activities that took place on the campus
during 1957-59. It IS a brief summary - verbally and pictorially - of some
of the highlights of the campus scene.
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As Ball State continues its growth in size of campus, numbers of students, faculty and staff and academic areas, "quality" will remain the
k~y. word and goal - quality faculty, quality instruction and quality facilities.
Respectfully submitted,
"Transition" is a word that describes the academ:c program carried on at Ball State
Teachers College during the 1957-59 biennium. With the transition from a "small" to a
"Iarge" college, "introspectiton" was an important all college· function in order to discover how best to serve the growing number of students, faculty and staff, alumni and
friends of the college, In addition it was important to utilize to the best advantage the
physical plant facilities during this period of expansion.
Learning does not come in packages and one of the major transitional changes
brought about during the biennium was the change over from the requirement of 192
hours for graduation to 186 hours. This resulted in the modification of course hours. In
order to provide greater flexibility from the established four-hour credit course pattern,
courses were re-evaluated and set up as 5, 4, 3, or 2 hour credit classes. In addition to
creating more flexible student schedules and programs this also provided an opportunity
to modify faculty teaching loads.
During the two-year period, work was also begun on formulating an honors program for academically superior students. Plans called for the program to get underway
in the fall of 1959.
Other major changes included the approval of a revised curriculum for the preparation of elementary teachers and the abolition of the 4-year curriculum for the preparation
of nurses.
The Indiana State Wright Committee, comprised of representatives from all colleges
preparing elementary teachers, critici~ed state certification regulations as too specific
and curriculum as too rigid. The committee undertook to introduce flexibility into the
program and reduced the number of specific requirements from 14 to 7. State and local
committees were given an opportunity to modify curriculum and the result was an increased amount of election !n course offerings and titles offered by individual schoois .
Requirements by the state licensing committee for teacher training are as yet temporary
and further modifications are being planned.
The four-year program leading to a bachelor of science degree at Ball State Teachers
Colleg~ and a nursing certificate at Ball Hospital has been abolished. The hospital is
continuing its three-year nursing program and the college continues to offer some of the
curricular experiences for student nurses. Both the hospital and th~ college anticipate
future negotiations with the National League for NurSing to reinstate the four-year program.
SPECIAL HONORS
JOHN R. EMENS, President
American Association of School Administrators
The National Commission on Accrediting for Teacher Education at the request of
the American Association of School Administrators formed a national committee to evaluate and accredit institutions preparing school administrators. Of the more than 2,000
educational institutions in this country only 63 were approved by NCATE to offer such
a program and only two of the 63 were teachers colleges. Ball State Teachers College
was one of the 63 and one of the two teachers colleges. A seven-man committee was
'appointed to establish policy for the program and Dr. Merle Strom, B. S. T. C. associate
professor of education, was selected one of the seven.
National Science Foundation Grants
During the biennium Dr. Charles Brumfiel, professor of mathematics and Mr. Robert
Eicholz, assistant professor of mathematics, received three grants from the National
Science Foundation to hold institutes on the B. S. T. C. campus for the improvement of the
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teaching of mathematics. Participants in the institutes included high school teachers.
The college received a grant of $24,130 from the Lilly Foundation for support of an
experimental project in the teaching of English to high school students through college
seminars for high school teachers. Fifteen schools are cooperating in the project. Dr.
Royal Morsey, B. S. T. C. professor of education and English, was named director of the
study.
Co..,s~ction was completed and classrooms, laO.
oratories and offices were put to use in the music
and English units of the Music-English-Auditorium
building.
CONVOCATIONS
Vi~iting artists and campus talent afforded students, faculty, staff and the general
public the opportunity for cultural development through music, drama and lectures on
the scheduled convocation series.
Continuing a long tradition, the president conducted the opening convocation each
year and one each spring.
·Some of the outstanding visiting lecturers and artists during the biennium were
The Dublin Players, Charles P. Taft, W. H. Auden, Walter Terry, Ashley Montague, T. V.
Smith, Frank Laubach, Thomas E. Jones, Earl Clement Attlee, Julien Bryan, Paul Tillich,
Dennis Brogan, Eleanor Roosevelt and H. S. Commager.
Convocations were designed to serve a dual purpose - to instruct and to entertain.
Students found it particularly rewarding to meet and question guests informally after
the formal programs. During Mrs. Roosevelt's visit a student told of having met her previously and the issue of the campus newspaper "The Ba11 State News" reporting their
conversation is now cataloged in the Hyde Park library.
FACULTY
ASSIGNMENTS
Mit JOHN CRADDOCK, assistant professor of education, was assigned additional duties as assistant in
the Office of Extended Services.
DR. VICTOR LAWHEAD, professor of education, was appointed assistant dean of instruction, 1958-59.
DR. JOHN VISSER, was appointed assistant dea n of .instruction, 1957-58.
PROMOTIONS
From instructor to assistant professor
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NEAL A. COIL, library
CHARLES FLEENOR, mathematics
DAVID GRETSCH, library
CARL KEENER, social science
MR. SALVATORE SILIPIGNI, music
MISS. ELEANOR G. SMITH, education
MISS JUANITA J. SMITH, library science
From assistant professor to associate professor
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RUTH E. ANDREWS, physical education
AMY HINKLE, physical education
JOSEPH W. HOLLIS, education
LOUIS E. INGELHART, English
DONALD MAC VEAN, library
W. W. RENKE, education
DAVID W. SHEPARD, English
RICHARD STEALY, physical education
MERLE T. STROM, education
ROBERT W. SWANSON, business education
SIDNEY J. TRETICK, music
Light, comfortable, modern, are the terms that describe the classroom facilities of the new music
and English u!"its. Facilities include lecture, seminar and laboratory areas.
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From associate professor to professor
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DR. LESTER E. HEWITT, social science
DR. ROBERT A. McCALL, physical education
DR. ROYAL J. MORSEY, education
RICHARD CALDEMEYER, social science
ROSEMARY B. FISHER, physical education
CECILE GILBERT, physical education
J. VIRGIL HERRING, business education
RETIREMENTS
MISS GRACE E. BRANDT, assistant professor emeritus of library science
MR. PAUL B. WILLIAMS, head emeritus of the department and director emeritus of athletics, professor
emeritus of physical education
MRS. MARGARET W. CECIL, instructor emeritus of music
MISS ETHELYN DAVIDSON, assistant professor emeritus of education
MISS REBA F. NORRIS, supervisor of income-payroll accounting
DR. FLOY RUTH PAINTER, professor emeritus of social science
DECEASED
FRED J. SCHMIDT, JR., head of department and professor of industrial arts
ROBERT E. HANSON, director of physical plant
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Handsome lobbies in the two units provide ample
space for attractive displays and exhibits announcing campus events, future campus programs and
general campus news.
TENURE
Nineteen faculty members were placed on tenure during 1957-58 and 1958-59.
LEAVES
During 1957-58, 17 leaves of absences were awarded including three for Fulbright assignments and one
Danforth Teacher Study Grant. Among the 19 leaves granted during 1958-59, two were Danforth Teacher
Study Grants.
During the biennium, 100 faculty members were appointed jo the staff of which 54,
or more than half, were additions to the faculty. In 1957-58, 46 new faculty were appointed including 27 new additions and in 1958-59,54 persons were named to the faculty
including 27 additions.
The increased number of faculty was made necessary by the growth of the student
body. As enrollment increased more sections of every basic course were needed.
Ball State Teachers College is proud of its competent and experienced faculty. Approximately 50 percent of the teaching faculty have earned doctorates. Institutions at
which faculty received undergraduate and graduate education represent the major colleges and universities from coast to coast bringing to the Ball State Teachers College
classrooms a welcome variety of point of view. Prior to their B. S. T. C. appointment more
than half of the faculty had experience as public school teachers and a large number
had impressive backgrounds in college or university teaching.
During the biennium, the college inaugurated an orientation program for new faculty
to help them fit into the fabric of the institution. The program included informative addresses by the officers in charge of administrative areas.
A series of faculty seminars was also introduced with emphasis on discussion of
problems of instruction. These groups attempted to reach understanding on such topics
as grading and visual aids and were highly successful with participants discussing common problems in mutual terms.
President John R. Emens addresses new faculty and staff members early in the fall quarter.
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Modern recording and listening facilities in the language laboratory make learning a foreign language easier.
B. S. T. C. faculty did not 'c onfine their energies to classroom teaching nor to work
on important college committees, but also served as advisors or sponsors of every official
student activity and encouraged students to confer with them informally.
In addition to their academic, student activity and family responsibilities, faculty
members found time to distinguish themselves in their fields and in the community. Many
contributed outstanding research work to learned journals, served on national committees
and were leaders in civic projects. It is impossible to list all the academic and community
projects participated in by faculty members. The following is a much condensed list of
participation by some of B. S. T. c.'s faculty and staff members.
RESEARCH AND WRITING
DR. VERNAL H. CARMICHAEL, professor of business education, served os associate editor of American
Business Education and style editor of the 1958 American Business Education Yearbook.
MR. THEODORE COGSWELL, assistant professor of English, .authored "Impact with the Devil" and ''Threesie" which appeared in "Deals with the Devil" published by Dodd Mead, Inc. ''You Know Willie" was published
,in the ''The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy" - regular edition published by Gnome Press and
pocket book edition published by Dell Publishing Company. "limiting Factor" appeared in ''The Third Galaxy
Reader" published by Doubleday and Company and the Science Fiction Book Club edition.
DR. GEORGINA HICKS, professor of English and foreign language, wrote ''The Muncie Program in Elementary French" for the French Review and "'Suggestions on Teaching French to Children" for'the Modern Language Journal.
DR. ALAN W. HUCKLEBERRY, professor of education and English and director of special education and
cliniCS, was a special contributor to the State of Indiana Department of Public Instruction bulletins and was
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associate editor of Speech Teacher.
DR. ROBERT H. KOENKER, professor of educatiol1 a nd director of graduate studies, authored articles for
Elementary School Journal, Arithmetic Teacher, Journal of Teacher Education and The Grade Teacher. He was
also a member of the editorial board of Dictionary of Education.
DR. ROBERT LA FOLLETTE, head of deportment and professor of social science, had book reviews in American Historical Review and was editor of Indiana Social Studies Quarterly.
DR. VICTOR B. LAWHEAD, professor of education, had articles and reviews published in Clearing House
and Education Leadership. Other publications included "Curriculum Development in Anderson Public Schools:
A Progress Report of Curriculum Study in Anderson, Indiana"; "Report of Tenth Indiana Teacher Education
Workshop" in Teachers College Journal and "Competencies of the Core Teacher", a chapter for text publication.
DR. JAMES C. LIST, assistant professor of science, hod an article published by the National Museums of
Ceylon.
DR. PHYLLIS NELSON, associate professor of socia I science, revised the workbook for the fourth edition of
Wallbank and Taylor's "Civilization" published by Scott, Foresman Co.
DR. ALICE W. NICHOLS, head of department and professor of art, edited The Palette, official honorary
art fraternity publication.
DR. JERRY J. NISBET, associate professor of science, had his research article published in Stain Technology
and on annotation of his doctoral dissertation appeared in Dissertation Abstracts.
MR. THEODORE SAMORE, periodical service libra rian and associate professor of library science, had articles and reviews published in the Cleveland Marshall Law Review.
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DR. MERLE T. STROM, associate professor of education, prepared a chapter in Law and the School Superintendent for volume one of the Legal Problems in Education Series, sponsored by the National Organization
on Legal Problems. He- also wrote a review for The Teacher and School Administration and School Executive.
NATIONAL AND STATE COMMITTEES
Poet W. H. Auden (second from left)
The distinguished Clement Attlee
DR. ROBERT P. BELL, head of department and professor of business education, served as general chairman of the Annual Indiana Business Education Conference, was state sponsor of Future Business Leaders of
America, chairman of Delaware County Thrift Committee, first vice-president of National Business Teachers Association and director of national research awards for Delta Pi Epsilon.
DR. CHARLES BRUMFIEL, professor of mathematics, was secretary of the Indiana section of the Mathematical Association of America and was a panel member at the directors meeting of the National Science Foundation In-Service Institutes.
DR. ROBERT COOPER, head of deportment and' professor of science, was a member of the ptanning and
production committee for the 1960 Yearbook on Science, a committee member of the Indiana Academy of Sci~
ence, a member of the State Conservation education committee and a member of the adVisory board and president of the Indlana State Audubon Society.
MR. WES FELMLEE, film librarian . and assistant pro fessor of library science, served on state committees
preparing articles on "Educational Television-The Great Opportunity" and "Using Audio ' Visual Materials in
the Elementary Classroom."
DR. W. L. GRUENEWALD, professor of social science, was a member of the Indiana Academy of Social
Studies, the National Council of Social Studies, the executive council of the Indiana Citizenship Clearing House,
the advisory board of Social Education of the indiana SOciety for Public Administration, the Midwest Political
Science Association and the American Political Science Association .
DR. LESTER E. HEWITT, professor of social science, was a member of the planning committee and a panel
participant of the Indiana Juvenile Officers Training Institute. He served as a member of the executive committee
of the Governor's Youth Council, as regional vice-president of the Indiana Council on Family Relations, and of
the Indiana League of Nursing. He was also consultant to the Winchester Community Council.
DR. ROBERTA LAW, associate professor of art, was a member of the Indiana Art Education Association,
the Indiana Federation of Arts clubs and the Arts Students League and served as a consultant on State licensing sub-committee on art education.
MR. ROBERT J. ROBBINS, assistant professor of English (radio and television) was one of seven naval officers throughout the country to return to active duty for 10 weeks to train USNROTC midshipmen.· He has
earned the rank of commander in the U. S. naval reserve.
DR. THOMAS WETMORE, associate professor of English, was director of the National Council of Teachers
of English, president of the Indiana C<1nference of the American Association of University Professors and was a
member of the executive committee of the Midwestern English Conference.
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Lively music and dance program by the Don Cossack Chorus.
Theologian Paul Tillich (left).
The Dublin Players.
DR. RICHARD T. ALEXANDER, assistant professor of education and coordinator of international student
affairs, was a member of the lions club, served on the advisory board of the Girl Scout Council and was men's
class teacher for the Presbyterian church.
DR. DONALD L. BARNES, assistant professor of education, served as book fairs chairman, was a substitute
minister at the Universalist church and taught a class in-comparative religion at the Methodist church.
DR. MERRILL C. BEYERL, associate professor of education, served as psychological consultant for the personal selection program of the Industrial Trust Bank, was a member of the board of directors of the Muncie Boys'
club and served as a board member, treasurer and chairman of the case work committee of the. Family Service
Bureau.
DR. DARYL L. DELL assistant professor of education, was chairman of the Camp Munsee committee of the
Girl Scouts and was a member of Kiwanis.
MR. GERALD E. DOEDEN, assistant professor of sc ience, served as Science Fair chairman, was a member
of the committee in charge of the Regional Science Fair ond was a council member of the Lutheran church .
MR. BEN ERVIN, chairman of student adviSing program, served as assistant dean of Hoosier Bays' Stata
and was active in P. T. A. and Cub Scouting.
DR. JOHN HANNAFORD, associate professor of social sciences, was treasurer of the Muncie Mission Board,
board-of-control member of the Exchange Club and was a member of the Delaware County committee on aging.
He also served on the economic b06e sub-committee of .the Muncie Redevelopment committee and was a member
of the board of commissioners of the Muncie Housing Authority.
MR. A. GARLAND HARDY, administrative assistant to the director of graduate studies, served as international director of the lions Club and was a member of the executive board of the Delaware County Council of Boy
Scouts of America.
DR. MARTHA HILL, assistant professor of business education, was a member of local chapters of the American Association of University Women and the National Business Teachers Association. She also served on the
Delaware County Mental Health Association.
MRS. ELIZABETH HI"ISHAW, instructor of foreign languages, was president of the board of directors of
the Muncie Civic Theatre Association, was a member of the board of directors of Ball Memorial Hospital and
served on the advisory committee of the Muncie School of Practical Nursing.
DR. ROBERT H. MYERS, faculty lecturer, business education, was a member of Rotary club, the American
Legion and the Retired Officers Association.
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BURRIS SCHOOL
GRADUATE PROGRAM
During the biennium there were 1,304 college students who had participating
teacher assignments in Burris. In addition to providing a laboratory for teacher education, Burris prOVided an educational- program for children enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12.
Pupil enrollment during the biennium varied from 958 to 985.
The addition of the Specialist in Education degree (Ed. S.) in June, 1959, provided
a new level of graduate offerings. The departments of social science and education were
approved to offer programs at this level. Several other departments were in the process
of conducting self-evaluations in preparation for requesting approval for offering programs. The major function of the Ed. S. program is to provide a plan of advanced study
for those educators who need an additional year of study beyond the master's degree.
The curricular program provides for a greater depth of specialization than is possible
at the master's level.
In addition to the Specialist in Education degree, Ball State Teachers College offers
the Master of Arts in Education degree in 28 study areas, the Master of Arts degree in
the liberal arts subject fields, a sixth-year program for the preparation of high school
principals and school superintendents, a cooperative Doctor of Education degree with
Indiana University in 10 areas of education, and a cooperative Doctor of Philosophy
degree with Purdue UniverSity in the area of guidance and counseling.
During the last four years the Graduate Council and its Doctorate- sub-committee
worked cooperatively with the faculty and staff in developing appropriate doctorate
programs to be offered by the college. Several outstanding authorities in the field of
higher education were on campus for consultative and evaluative purposes ih conjunction
with the project.
In the last three years departmental library committees analyzed their library holdings and made recommendations for the acquisition of additional book and non-book
materials needed for offering advanced graduate level work.
In March, 1958, the Graduate Council passed a resolution recommending to the
president of the college that B. S. T. C. offer appropriate doctorate programs in selected
fields commencing with the next biennium.
In 1959 seven facuity committees were appointed to work cooper-atively with the
Graduate Council in" making an institutional self-survey in accordance with the "Guide
{or the Evaluation of Institutions of Higher Learning," by the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools. Completion of the self-survey is one of the steps necessary to achieve accreditation of the proposed doctoral program.
Other developments and achievements during the biennium included: (1) The ratio
for converting quarter hours to semester hours was changed from 8:5 to 3:2, thereby reducing the quarter hour requirements for the master's degree from 48 to 45 and the
Specialist in Education degree from 96 to 90. (2) The Graduate Council developed a set
of criteria for evaluating a department for offering the Specialist in Education degree
and the doctorate degrees. (3) The number of 300 and 400 level courses approved for
graduate credit was reduced and a number of new graduate courses was added to
the offerings. (4) The graduate aSSistantship and teaching fellowship program was extended.
Graduate enrollment continued to grow each year. In the last five years graduate
registrations increased approximately 15 to 20 percent each year. The graduate registrations for the year 1958-59 totaled 4,826. During the year 1958-59, 313 condidates
completed the requirements for the master's degree. Sixty-five percent of these condidates had selected an area of teaching for their concentration area.
An increasing number of graduate students came from out-of-state and had taken
their undergraduate training at instiTutions other than B. S. T. C. From 1955 through 1959,
the college granted 1,458 master's degrees. Ninety percent of these master's candidates
were residents of Indiana and 10 percent were non-residents. The non-residents came
from 24 different states and 8 foreign countries.
Sixty percent of the 1,458 masters' condidates received their baccalaureate degree
from B. S. T.
the other 40 percent were graduates of 135 different colleges and universities located in 35 different states and 6 foreign countries.
EXTENDED SERVICES
The organization of off-campus instruction and contractual services to schools continued to be an important part of the work of this office. Through the cooperation of
several administrative departments of the college, significant improvements were made
in the scheduling and registration of regular off-campus classes. Contractual workshops
combining college credit and solution of local curriculum problems increased each year
as superintendents and school boards recognized the contributions of such activities to
the schools and to the in-service profeSSional growth of teachers. Many short-range consultative and s~rvice contracts in areas of testing, guidance, and building were developed.
Three-school building surveys represented an added field of contractual service.
Direct services in adult education consisted of the evening and Saturday program,
the part-time evening college program, and special services requested by various groups.
Th total evening and Saturday enrollment in credit courses reached 3,695 in 1957-58,
and 4,444 in 1958-59. Special non-credit programs included Real Estate Principles, Related Information for Apprentice Mold Makers, Reading Improvement, and Institute for
Concrete Construction Contractors.
Important beginnings were made in sponsoring cooperative research among school
systems and activities in this field are expected to increase. In the short time since the
introduction of adult education services to the public schools there was a gradual increase
in interest. The Offices of Extended Services engaged in many activities such as designing
a special series of lecture-discussions on adolescent needs, helped plan in-service education programs, and sponsored new activities for which contact with the field indicated
a need.
Total Enrollments in Extended Services
OffCampus
1946-47
1949-50
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
135
562
349
589
669
607
643
Sot.
& Eve.
Correspondenee
156
1485
2570
2652
3086
3695
4560
46
128
89
118
114
140
115
Other Non
Credit
Programs
Certificote
163
110
11
59
114
178
91
167
99
Saturday and Evening Class Enrollment
Number of Classes
1947-48
1949-50
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
"32
73
124
144
161
179
226
10
Enrollment
363
1485
2570
2652
3086
3695
4560
Total
337
2175
3171
3647
3971
4668
5531
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION
The Public Affairs division of the college may be classified into the general areas of
- public relations, development and alumni relations.
The public relations aspect included the interpretation to the public of student experiences both inside and outside the classroom, faculty and adminitsrative news and the
over-all college program. This was accomplished through reports to newspapers, radio
and television stations, preparation of newsletters, the alumni magazine and special
publications.
The interpretation of the total college picture was important not only to students,
parents, alumni and prospective students, but to the Indiana taxpayers. It was important
to explain where and how tax dollars were used on the Ball State Teachers College
campus. In addition cif'iizens of Indiana were given the facts that extra dollars were
needed for facilities that could not be financed by state appropriations. These extra
dollars were needed to provide the margin of difference between the operation of an
adequate college and the operation of a superior college.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
News Bureau
Primarily serving the communications media of Indiana - newspopers, radio, television, wire .services and magazines - the News Bureau supplied accurate and timely
news and feature coverage of all phases of the college operation.
An important phase of the department's activities was in the photographic areo.
Pictures were not only important in telling the Ball State Teachers College story to com I.
munications media, but were an integral part of the college's varied publications program.
Activities in the sports area included coverage of 'all athletic events involving B. S.
T. C. participants and the staff maintained and compiled statistical records and information.
Radio and Television
Over 800 hours of programming were broadcast during the last biennium over the
campus radio station WBST. Providing programs, announcements and campus in.formation to college residence halls, WBST also served as a student laboratory experience.
Hundreds of thousands of persons learn about Ball State through the traveling trailer exhibit •..
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Sixty-two television programs were telecast over the facilities of the local commercial
station WLBC-TV. The series, "Ball State Presents", stressed the importance of the callege
in the community and the college services available to the community.
The department also successfully ventured into a new field and offered television
instruction in English for college credit.
Exhibit and Displays
Presenting the story of B. S. T. C. in a visual graphic manner the department utilized
posters, displays, the trailer and the building at the State Fair grounds.
In 1958, the department was responsible for the construction of the new exhibit
trailer and since its completion has designed and installed interesting exhibits, arranged
for its movement and operation at county fairs, high school days and special events.
Personnel also assisted various departments in presenting visual programs to general or special audiences, created special displays for various campus events and coordinated and supervised poster service.
Publications
In addition to "must" projects - catalog, supplement, class schedule, etc. - the
publications department prepared numerous brochures and mailers designed to intro"
duce new features of the college, attract participation in college events, or to keep the
public informed of the college'S activities.
Kitselman Conference Center
Organized to assist all groups in planning, setting up and carrying through physical
arrangements for conferences, the conference center was a one stop ciearing house for
all details.
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There was a substantial increase in the conference program due to the wide range
of facilities available to groups utilizing the Kitselman Conference Center.
The center aided a variety of groups and interests - from meetings of few individuals
for a brief afternoon get-together to hundreds of persons attending a three or four day
convention.
Traffic, Safety and Security
The department's responsibilities in the areas of traffic regulations, plant protection,
and safety increased in proportion to the growing campus population.
the interesting displays at the State Fair building ... the varied college publications.
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
Student Personnel Services at Ball State Teachers College were based upon the
beliefs that education encompasses the student's whole development towards full and
balancea maturity, that each student's education is primarily his own responsibility, and
that Student Affairs must function as an integral part of the total college program.
Center for visitors', students'j and faculty questions is the remodeled Information Desk located on
the main floor of the administ~ation buildir:Jg.
The staff in Student Affairs planned and 'worked with faculty, staff and students
for the recognition of these principles and for the services, programs, and facilities which
implemented them. As B. S. T. C. continued to grow in size, the student personnel emphasis on the individual and personal level became increasingly important. The significance of student group life was noted as expressed from student residence to student
mores, from problems of admission to problems of job placement.
Registrar and Admissions
During the 1958-59 year, the department processed 8,380 vehicles in carrying out
its duties to register all student, faculty and staff cars. The department was also responsible for regulating the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and the parking of cars.
Each member of the force participated in 20 hours of police training to include police
relations with the public, traffic control and accident investigation.
DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS
Development
Fund raising and campus planning were two of the most important functions carried
on by this department.
The office encouraged the program of memorial gifts, co-ordinated the total campus
gift program and updated and maintained a master file of donors.
Coordinating the planning of new campus facilities was a major development program. Sections III, IV, and V of the Music-English-Auditorium building, the addition to the
L. A. Pittenger Student Center, DeHority Halls and athletic facilities on Benadum Acres
were all included in important studies during the biennium.
Total College Enrollment
lst
Summer
2nd
Summer
1919-20
*536
732
1929-30
1312
1939-40
932
1355
1944-45
439
338
1498
1949-50
1857
1950-51
1935
1400
1951-52
1764
1367
1952-53
1510
1035
1953-54
1512
1005
1954-55
1781
1200
1424
1955-56
1950
1615
1956-57
2179
1919
1957-58
2503
2137
2931
1958-59
*Only one summer session held.
Alumni Relations
Post
S.
Autumn
180
1005
1526
881
3125
3144
2925
2914
3337
3845
4341
5040
5314
60
67
69
125
94
123
151
193
189
6046
Winter
211
948
1372
848
3060
2892
2692
2753
3039
3555
3995
4722
4933
5530
Spring
367
904
1293
740
2951
2766
2631
2774
3040
3517
3928
4601
4915
5449
DEGREES GRANTED
Maintaining contact with the college's more than 18,400 alumni was a major task of
the alumni staff. Contact was made through the three issues of a 24-page alumni magazine each year, letters to reunion class members, sports letters, Alumni Day, Homecoming and club meetings.
(Academic
1957-58 ________________ 785 Bachelors
292 Masters
Total ____________________________________ 1077
Degrees)
1958-59
879 Bachelors
313 Masters
1192
Alumni Association membership and financial participation continued to increase.
In 1958 the 23% increase of contributing members brought the total to a new high of
1,709. The dollcir amount of alumni fund contributions also increased.
(BMH Nursing
Certificates)
1957-58 _________________________
1958-59 ________________
25 Certificates
25 Certificates
In addition the office maintained current addresses and occupations of alumni and
during the biennium completed the Magne-Dex master card filing system.
(Secretarial
Certificates)
1957-58 ____
1958-59 ______
23 Certificates
22 Certificates
(Cooperative
Doc;torate)
1957-58 ___________ _
1958-59 _______ _
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Total __________
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3 Degrees
o Degrees
Graduate Registrations and Masters' Degrees
Health Services
Granted by Years
Year
1931-32
1932-33
1933-34
1934-35
1935-36
1936-37
1937-38
1938-39
1939-40
1940-41
1941-42
1942-43
1943-44
1944-45
1945-46
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
Grand Total
(1931-1959)
Totcil
Registrations
Masters'
Degrees
192
173
130
182
226
216
257
313
374
246
192
160
167
230
435
863
1308
1594
1663
1837
1927
1992
2495
2708
3071
3414
3928
4826
4
6
22
27
24
27
11
22
26
18
18
17
18
45
61
98
100
97
128
115
94
338
249
266
292
313
35,119
2436
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
Student Housing
In the autumn quarter of 1958 over one-third of the total student population lived
in college housing. Approximately 45% of the student population lived at home with
their parents or relatives and 21 % lived in private homes. During that ' quarter 1,228
students lived in college approved housing off campus and 1,685 students lived in residence halls.
B. S. T. c.'s mobile home court located on the Northeast campus served as a com
fortable living area for 50 student families who provided their own mobile homes and
rented the land area from the college.
International Students
During the 1957-59 biennium, the college continued to play host to students and
visitors from foreign countries. Forty-eight foreign students representing 22 countries
were enrolled in various departments of the college. By providing an academic education
and sharing its focillities and college life with these students from abroad, B. S. T. C.
continued its program of encouraging education for international living. The students
themselves made a considerable contribution to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the
campus and to the total community life.
Student Financial Aids
Summer Session Graduate Enrollment
Year
The improvement of the general health of students through preventive medicine
and the treatment of illness and injury categorized the main efforts of this area. During
the 1957-59 biennium approximately 50,000 office calls were made to the Health Service
representing an increase of some 10,000 calls compared with the previous biennium.
In addition to providing physical examinations for all students, the Health Service continued to carefully evaluate student health and health practices prior to approving students for entering the teaching curriculum.
First Session
427
412
596
581
639
568
646
626
689
771
1076
1273
Second Session
353
397
480
501
459
412
517
563
610
707
846
1047
The Office of Student Financial Aids helped students hurdle the economic barriers
encountered in planning 'and attending college. Assistance wos made available to students through scholarships, employment and loans as well as help in general financial
planning.
During the 1958-59 year, 1,074 students were placed in on-campus employment
and 650 students were placed in off-campus employment. The office coordinated the
various loan programs, including the National Defense Student Loan Program established
by the United States Government during the 1958-59 year.
Student Employment Placement
On-Campus for 1957-59
Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer
57-58
58-59
57-58
58-59
57-58
58-59
57-58
58-59
Women
Men
489
369
484
341
487
364
500
378
528
324
516
396
210
117
203
204
Totals
858
825
851
878
852
912
327
407
Approximately 1,021 different students were employed on campus for the 1957-58 year and 1,074 for the 1958-59
year.
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Foreign students contribute
to the cosmopolitan atmosphere
of the campus and community.
Providing their own trailers,
married students are utilizing
the new mobile home park
addition.
State Scholarships , _________________________________________________________ _
Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home _______________ _
Children of Veterans _______________________________________________________ _
Bali State Scholarships ____ ________________________________________ _______ _
Ba II Fou ndation ___________ ._. _______________________________ .________ _
Alumn i ___________________________________________________ .___________ _
Elementary ________________________________________________. ______________ _
Foreign _________ .__ .____________________________________ . ___________________ _
Journalism ______________________________________________________ .________ _
Kimbrough _________________.____________________________________________ _
Pitcher-Berry ________ .___ .. ______________________________________________ _
Storer _____________________________________________________________________ .__
General Motors Corporation __________________________________________
Muncie Symphony __________________ . ________________________________________ _
Po Imer Memorial __________ ..________________________________________________
P. T. A. (Indiana Congress) ____________ .. ______________________________
Vocational Rehabi Iitation _______________________________________________ _
Miscellaneous Other Scholarships __________ .________ ._____________ _
Total _______________________.__________________________________________•
1957·1958
1958·1959
390
4
14
486
3
23
30
18
12
6
64
24
3
8
45
4
2
6
12
10
10
5
The services of the Placement Bureau were available to all persons who successfully
completed 16 quarter hours of work on the Ball State Teachers College campus. The
Placement Bureau attempted to stimulate the student's thinking about his career objective and lent assistance to him in developing the objectives that were appropriate for him.
Placement counseling services were provided for all interested students.
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196
12
36
6
5
18
15
73
215
816
1007
66
Placement Bureau
Religious Activities
Fifteen student religious clubs of various churches and religious organi'zations and
two additional student religious clubs which have no church affiliation were represented
on campus. The Student Religious Council worked closely with the Coordinator of Religious Activities and assisted in giving direction and cohesion to the religious organization
on campus.
Registered with Placement Bureau _______._____ __ ____
Placed by Placement Bureau ___••_______ _________
1957-58
1322
525
1958-59
1466
638
In 1957-58, of the 767 graduated with the Bachelor's degree, 221 or 53% of the
men and 273 or 78% of the women were employed as teachers In the year follOWing
graduation.
In 1958-1959, of the 898 graduated with the Bachelor's degree, 241 or 55% of the
and 352 or 83% of the women were employed as teachers in the year following graduation.
Some of the outstanding events promoted by the Student Religious Council in the
biennium included Know Your Church Night, Religion in Life Convocation, Thanksgiving
Convocation, Brotherhood Week, Easter Convocation, and the All-Faith Picnic.
Counseling and Testing Center
The counseling and testing center provided assistance to students in solving problems in educational, vocational, social and personal areas with the ultimate aim of helping them reach their maximum potential as individuals, professional workers, and citizens
in a democracy. Six counselors who had half time counseling and half time teaching assignments, provided approximately 2,500 student interview periods per academic year.
Other important functions of the center included testing, consultation and research
services.
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Counseling and guidance is
an important role of the student aHa irs division.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
PHYSICAL RESOURCES
This biennial report presents a brief resume of the financial status of the college,
excluding the operation of auxiliary enterprises. More detailed reports on financial matters are recorded in the minutes of the State Teachers College Board, in the quarterly
reports to the State Auditor, and in the annual financial report compiled by the Office
-of the Business Manager and Treasurer.
Current Operations
The State of Indiana appropriated $2,860,161 for the 1957-58 year of the 1957-59
biennium and $3,308,698 for the 1958-59 year for current operating expenses. Other
items of income for current expenses were as follows:
Vocational Reimbursement _____________________________________________ _
Student Fees ______________________________________________________------------GI and Korean Tuition __________________________________________________ _
$
1957-58
16,398.31
563,096.28
7,613.24
$
1958-59
14,791.64
619,475.1 5
7,044.00
All other income from all sources,
including beginning balances _______________________________ _
605,061.33
786,251.13
Sub-total _________________________________________________ _
1,192,169.16
1,427,561.92
State Appropriation _______________________________________________ _
2,860,161.00
3,308,698.00
Total Available Income _____________________________ _
$4,052,330.16
$4,736,259.92
Annual Expenditures ________________________________________ _
3,888,577.69
4,549,803.55
The State appropriation for the next biennium (1959-61) approved by the 1959
Indiana General Assembly, for current operating expenses, is $3,887,974 for the 1959-60
year and $4,284,225 for 1960-61. Other general fund income for the 1959-60 year includJng beginning balances is estimated at $1,498,736 making the total estimated general fund income $5,386,710 while the total general fund expenditures are budgeted
at $5,196,462.
Capital Outlay Including land Transactions
A ten-year construction program was initiated during the 1949-51 biennium and
has continued steadily. During this 1957-59 biennium, the State Budget Committee, in
accordance with authority vested in it by the 1957 Indiana General Assembly, allocated
for new construction and land acquisition a total of $2,194,286 which was allocated as
follows:
1. The Music unit of the MUSic-English-Auditorium building was completed including equipment; the English unit constructed and equipped; and the third unit (known as
Sections III, IV, and V) which ties togetber the Music and English buildings, was begun.
Funds allocated for this project during the biennium totaled $1,265,786.
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2. In order to provide for campus expansion and to allow for a stand-by boiler irt
extreme cold weather or in case of a temporory breakdown of anyone boiler, an additional unit was installed at a cost of $188,423.56.
3. Remodeling during the biennium included the conversion of the Music Annex
for use by the. Air Science Department, rewiring and extension of book stacks in the
original Library building, continued rehabilitation of the Administration building, and
modernization of the Science laboratory at the Burris School, all for a total cost of
$355,911.44.
4. Construction of sewers, parking lots, and grading on the campus during the biennium totaled $80,068.40.
5. Final payments were made during this biennium on the purchase of the Benadum
and Anthony tracts of land. Also acquired were the Dorland property located at the coal
unloading site, the Quick property at 2009 University avenue (for future expansion of
the Student Center), and the Benadum home at 8 Warwick Road. The latter property was
acquired for use as a Home Management House and has been renamed Brandt House.
Total investment in land and properties during this biennium was $304,096.60.
An area 150' x 177Y2' located on west campus and adjacent to Tillotson avenue
was sold to the City of Muncie for use as a fire station site. This station is to have ladder
equipment of sufficient size for use on buildings at the college and the Hospital and will
also serve the west part of Muncie.
Improvements
In addition to the specific projects listed, the routine schedule has been followed in
accordance with the usual policy on the painting of campus buildings, brick pointing,
landscaping, tennis courts and gorunds maintenance, paving of drives, construction and
repair of sidewalks, and blacktopping parking lots.
Auxiliary Projects
In addition to the completion of W. E. Wagoner Hall early in the biennium (see previous biennial report), other auxiliary projects constructed were: a) the expansion of
dining service facilities at Elliott Hall in order to care for the feeding of men housed in
both Wagoner and Elliott Hollis; b) construction of a snack bar addition to seat 350 to
the l. A. Pittenger Student Center; and c) a 30-unit addition to the Mobile Home Park.
These three projects totaled $603,951. Also under construction at the close of the biennium were: a) a 38-unit married student apartments project known as Anthony Apartments
and financed through a $390,000 loan from the Federal Housing and Home Finance
Agency; and b) the Grace DeHority Halls for Women to house 600 women which is being
financed, except for equipment and furnishings, through a $2,200,000 loan from the
Federal Housing and Home Fiance Agency.
"Transition" and "construction" were the key words of the college's 1957 through 1959 programs.
Brandt House - the new location of the home management house.
New Talley addition.
Wagoner residence hall.
Demolition
In order to clear land for the expansion of the L. A. Pittenger Student Center, (BlocK
17 Eastern Indiana Normal University Addition to the City of Muncie,); demolition of buildings at the following locations was completed during the biennium; 401,403 and 407 North
College avenue; 400 North Talley avenue; and 2003 University avenue. Also, the parking
lot located at the corner of McKinley and University avenues was expanded by the demolition of the house at 420 North McKinley avenue . In addition, two war surplus barracks
located west of Elliott !-tall and a house at 1820 Petty Road were razed during this period .
Future Projects
For the 1959-61 biennium the tentative allocation of the $1,980,000 capital outlay
legislative appropriation includes the following projects: completion of the third unit
(known as Sections III, IV, and V) of the Music-English building; renovation of the basement of the Administration building; remodeling of the Service and Stores building (the
East end of the heading plant building) and the continued development of roads, parking
lots, sewers, etc.
Auxiliary projects tentatively on the drawing board include an annex to the L. A.
Pittenger Student Center; a residence hall for the housing of 450 men and 450 women;
an auditorium with a 3500 seating capacity; a student health center; and the development of Benadum Acres including drainage, grading, and laying out of football and track
fields and baseball diamonds.
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hearing therapy clinic; a payment of $3,500 the first year and $4,000 the second year
from Ba~1 ~rothers Foun~ation t? .aid in professional travel for selected faculty members;
the furnIshing of two dnver-tralnlng cars for driver education classes at the college and
~t Burris laboratory school during the year 1957-58 by Conner Chevrolet, Inc.; contributIons to the annual ~rawing a~d Small Sculpture Shows; extensive scholarship gifts; and
the Sue Derexa SmIth Memonal concert and the Marie Smith Gray Memorial lecture
sponsored by Eleanor Smith.
Gifts
Gifts and grants made to Ball State Teachers College Foundation and/ or directly
to the college totaled $97,429 for the 1957-58 year and $191,405 for the 1958-59 year.
Included in these totals were three grants totaling $67,100 from the National Science
Foundation for support of "in-service institutes for secondary school teachers of Mathematics"; a Lilly Foundation endowment grant in the amount of $24,130 for "improvement
of the teaching of secondary school English"; and from the Atomic Energy Commission
the sum of $7500 for "purchase of equipment and materials in the field of nuclear technology as applied to life sciences."
The graduating class of 1958 donated money toward the purchase of an electrically
lighted out-door display case for the lawn of the Student Center; and the Class of 1959
and Angel Flight donated funds toward the building of an outdoor shelter on west campus.
Continuing gifts during the biennium were: an annual payment of $1,000 to the
Kirkpatrick Memorial Fund for Gerontology; an annual payment of $2,150 by Psi Iota Xi
Sorority for room and board for children attending the summer speech correction and
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Future project - the auditorium unit of the Music-English building
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BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS -
1957-59
Presi de nt ________________________________________ --------------------------------------------- --------- Ri Iey McGraw, x' 42
Vice-President ______________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------- Bi II Ki ng, '50
Treasurer ______________________________________________________ ---------------------------- Amy (Sweeney) Dye, '36
Executive Secretary ________________________________________ -------------------------------- Robert Linson, '47, '48
Executive Committee of the Ball State Teachers College Alumni Association
1958 - 61
1956·- 59
1957 - 60
DISTRICT I
Rollin Dygert, '48, '50, Muncie
DISTRICT II
William King, '50, South Bend
DISTRICT III
Roy Whitton, '48, '53, Greenfield
AT LARGE
Donna (Morris) Grubbs, '42.
DISTRICT I
Jim Reid, '47, Muncie
DISTRICT II
Dr. Clarence Swingley, '28, Gary
DISTRICT III
Riley McGraw, x'42, Indianapolis
AT LARGE
Amy (Sweeney) Dye, '36, Anderson
DISTRICT I
Jack Peckinpaugh, '50, Muncie
DISTRICT II
Frank Bernhardt, '49, Angola
DISTRICT III
Glen Fidler, '41, Dayton, Ohio
AT LARGE
Marie Fraser, '45, Indianapolis
BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
President _________________________________________________________ .-. -------------------------- Ra Iph J. Wh iti nger, '29
Vice-President _____ ._______________________________ --______________________________________ ------------ Fro nk B. Berna rd
Secretary-Treasu rer ______________________________________________________ ------------------------ Ma rsha II E. Ha nley
DIRECTORS
Edmund F. Ball
John R. Emens
Alexander M. Bracken, x'26
C. Cree Gable, x'26
Oliver Bumb
Joe Neff
Fred Crapo
Clarence Swingley '28
Ball State Teachers College Foundation was organized for the primary purpose of
administering bequests made to the college in ways best suited to ,its welfare. It's charter,
issued by the State of Indiana, is perpetual. For wills the legal title of the corporation
is "Ball State Teachers College Foundation, a corporation, Muncie, Indiana."
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